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Posted by Carlos Arroyo
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Carlos Arroyo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,431 Points

Captions for a video.

I am trying to add captions for a video. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. 

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <title>Video</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    </head>
    <body>
        <video controls>
            <source src="video/video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
            <source src="video/video.ogg" type="video/ogg">
            <track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="video_captions.vtt" default>
        </video>

    </body>
</html>

I have been getting the following error: Text track from origin 'file://' has been blocked from loading: Not at same origin as the document, and parent of track element does not have a 'crossorigin' attribute. Origin 'null' is therefore not allowed access.

I have found out that the captions work in Firefox but not Google Chrome. Is there a way to make it work in Google Chrome as well.

2 Answers

Adrian Navarro
Adrian Navarro
7,424 Points
Adrian Navarro
Adrian Navarro
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<video controls>
            <source src="video/video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
            <source src="video/video.ogg" type="video/ogg">
            <track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="captions/vtt/sintel-en.vtt" default>
 </video>

I don't see anything wrong with your code, I would suggest checking the caption file source. It's a good practice to create a Folder for captions and type, something like I did on the example.

By the way, are you trying from a local server? Have you tried uploading everything to a WorkSpace and see if you have the same problem?

Carlos Arroyo
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Carlos Arroyo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,431 Points

I am using a local server. I have tried to upload it to a workspace, but the videos are too big.

Adrian Navarro
Adrian Navarro
7,424 Points
Adrian Navarro
Adrian Navarro
7,424 Points

Try uploading your videos to vimeo or youtube and use the resource from there. There are many places where you can host your videos.

Carlos Arroyo
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Carlos Arroyo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,431 Points

I uploaded the video to youtube, and then I added it to my html. The video didn't work in all the browser that I am testing the site in. Safari, firefox, and google chrome.